The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), an ethnic armed group opposed to Myanmar’s military junta, says it has seized control of the town of Mongmit (Momeik) in northern Shan State.
A spokesperson for the group told Myanmar Now that it captured the town on Tuesday morning after overrunning all key military positions in the area.
“All of the junta’s bases, including those of Military Operations Command 21, Light Infantry Battalion 348, and Infantry Battalions 223 and 276, have fallen to our forces,” said TNLA spokesperson Lway Yay Oo.
Mongmit is part of the Palaung Self-Administered Zone, which is predominantly populated by members of the Palaung, or Ta’ang, ethnic group.
The township. . .
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